Trace-hook



(No Model.)

0. B. WEBB.

I TRACE HOOK. No. 329,108.. Patented Oct. 27, 188E.

UNITED STATES nrnr rrrcn.

CHARLES BIN GLEY WEBB, OF HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TRACE- HOOK.

FJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,108, dated October 27, 1885.

Application filed June 11, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. WEBB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hopkinsville, in the county of Christian and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trace-Hooks, of which the .following is a specification, reference being facture, strong and durable, and one which may be readily connected or disconnected, and yet will hold the parts securely in position against accidental detachment.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the combination, with a frame having an opening, of a hook formed with or connected to said frame and turned back so that its end will be adjacent to or projected into said opening.

The invention further consists in the details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved hook applied to the eye of the breeching-straps. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of still another form of hook, the same being adapted and shown as applied to a hip-strap.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate correspond: ing parts in all the figures, A represents the breeching-straps, which are shown as connected by a metal breeching-eye, B, which is provided with a hole or opening, a.

0 represents my improved hook, which consists of a frame, D, which is formed with a hole or opening, I). The frame D in this case is formed at its inner end with an extension, 0, which is passed through the opening a in the breeching-eye B, and is then turned down upon itself, to prevent the detachment of the hook from the eye.

At the opposite end of the frame D is formed a hook, E, which extends upwardly from its point of junction with the frame, and then inwardly, its end being located at a point within the opening 1) below the upper face Serial No. 168,381. (No model.)

of the frame. The opening bin said frame is of a sufficient size to admit the link of a chain on either side of the hook. It will thus be seen that when said chain is inengagement with the hook it cannot become accidentally detached. The hook in this case connects the trace and breeching-straps, thereby supporting the trace in going downhill, and holding the collar and hames upon the shoulders of the horse in their proper relative positions.

In Fig. 2 is shown another form of hook, in which case the'frame D is provided with a hole or opening, I), and with an extension bent back so that it will form a hook. The difference between this form of hook and that shown in Fig. 1 lies in the fact that the hook in this case is formed with a head at its inner end, which head is provided with an elongated slot adapted to receive the end of a strap, which may be connected, as shown, by a buckle.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that the chain and trace of a harness are securely held in position without danwhich is provided with a loop or eye to secure it to a hook or strap.

My improved hook is adapted for a variety of uses; hence I do not wish to limit myself to its application to the parts of a harness mentioned.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination, with the straps A, connected by the eye B, having an opening, a, of the trace-carrier, having an opening, an inte gral hook, and an extension, 0, engaging the opening, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the: foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed 'my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BINGLEY WEBB.

W'itnesses:

B. W. HENRY, BRYAN HOPPER.

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